DICE Scaling Down Multiplayer Maps for Console Battlefield 3
by March 25, 2011 @ 2:34 pm
Massive multiplayer maps featured in the PC version of Battlefield 3 will be scaled down in its console equivalent, developer DICE revealed to CERFY at C2E2 in Chicago. As you may well be aware, BF3 supports up to 64 players, compared to a meager 24 on consoles. Expect more compact levels to better accommodate this limit.
How extensive of a downsizing these maps are receiving is unknown, but we’d expect DICE will cut corners where it makes sense.
DICE was keen to point out that while players trekking on the ground will be hit with “out of bounds zones” when venturing out too far, those in the sky will have a larger map area to fly around in.
Battlefield 3 is due out this fall on PS3, Xbox 360, and PC.
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